Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency

Rajahmundry Rural Assembly constituency is a constituency in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency, along with Anaparthy, Rajanagaram, Rajahmundry City, Kovvur, Nidadavole, and Gopalapuram. Gorantla Butchaiah Choudary is the present MLA of the constituency, who won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 25 March 2019, there are a total of 254,339 electors in the constituency.

Overview

It is part of the Rajahmundry Lok Sabha constituency along with another six Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Anaparthy, Rajanagaram, Rajahmundry City, Kovvur, Nidadavole, and Gopalapuram.

Mandal
Kadiam
Rajahmundry Rural
Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation (Ward No.1 to 6, 36 to 41 and 90)

Members of Legislative Assembly Rajahmundry Rural

Year	Member	Political party
2009	Chandana Ramesh		Telugu Desam Party
2014	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary		Telugu Desam Party
2019	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary		Telugu Desam Party

Election results

Assembly Elections 2009

2009 Andhra Pradesh state assembly elections: Rajahmundry Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Chandana Ramesh	44,617	32.39
	PRP	Ravanam Swami Naidu	43,070	31.27
	INC	J Vijaya Lakshmi	38,340	27.83
Majority			1,547	1.12
Turnout			137,742	72.70
	TDP win (new seat)

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	87,540	52.22
	YSRCP	Akula Veerraju	69,482	41.45
Majority			18,058	10.77
Turnout			167,626	73.85	+1.15
	TDP hold		Swing

Assembly elections 2019

2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajahmundry Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TDP	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary	74166	39.28%
	YSRCP	Akula Veerraju	63762	33.77%
	JSP	Kandula Durgesh	42685	22.61%
Majority
Turnout
	TDP hold		Swing